Interviews


Thoroughly Good Podcast

Thoroughly Good Podcast Series 5 Ep 16: Musicologist Hannah Chan-Hartley

Jon Jacob, September 5, 2018

Musicologist Hannah Chan-Hartley discusses academia, the shift from scholarly study to content marketing, and her Visual Listening Guides with Thoroughly Good’s Jon Jacob. Recorded at London’s Southbank Centre.


Musical U

Visualizing the Symphony, with Hannah Chan-Hartley

Andrew Bishko, Musical U, August 23, 2017

We invited Hannah to join us here at Musical U to share her thoughts on everything from engaging listeners with visuals and the importance of good graphic design, to the secret of striking the balance between accessible and informative, and what sets her guides apart from the rest.


Creative Review

How the Toronto Symphony Orchestra uses graphic design to guide audiences

Mark Sinclair, Creative Review, May 26, 2016

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s ‘listening guides’ make use of symbols and morse code-like notation to aide the experience of a live performance. We talked to their creator, Hannah Chan-Hartley, about how she is helping the TSO to visualise its repertoire.

A copy of this interview is available upon request.